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⚠️JUST IN: Over $210M has been stolen through various crypto attacks in August According to CertiK, social engineering ranked as the second-largest source of crypto thefts, with over $50M stolen through these attacks this month alone. Crypto protocol exploits accounted for more than $130M in losses. 1# marketplace @spotrooms ⚠️Join docs for more⚠️

⚠️JUST IN: A victim lost $117K to a fake Cupid impersonator The victim, who previously owned @pure, was social engineered by an impersonator posing as Cupid MM, resulting in the theft of @pure and an additional $37K. 1# marketplace @spotrooms ⚠️Join docs for more⚠️

⚠️JUST IN: Telegram middlemen @cool and @mate are allegedly connected to home invasions and money laundering. @bling is also allegedly tied to a $13M laundering operation involving threat actor “@winter” and may have connections to the alleged laundering of $250M linked to Malone Lam. These claims remain unverified. 1# marketplace @spotrooms Join docs for more⚠️

⚠️New: Threat actor Brandon Hiser was reportedly arrested after allegedly swatting and extorting a 12-year-old girl more than 20 times. According to court documents, Hiser allegedly extorted the victim for over 3 years and forced her to comply with his demands. He also allegedly swatted her 20+ times and firebombed her brother’s car after she refused to comply. Join docs for more⚠️

⚠️JUST IN: Liquid Network exploited for 4,000 BTC ($320M) The attackers left a message saying “we are whitehats. contact us on chain” and are requesting a 20% bounty in exchange for returning the stolen funds. Join docs for more⚠️

⚠️NEWS: Blockstream Rejects Hacker Bounty Following $340M Liquid Exploit Hackers drained nearly 4,000 BTC (around $320M) from Blockstream’s Liquid Network before returning approximately 3,400 BTC. Roughly 598.5 BTC (about $47M) is still in the attackers’ possession, as they reportedly seek a bounty in exchange for the remaining funds. Blockstream has not publicly agreed to the proposed payment, while investigations into the exploit and those responsible remain ongoing. @docsbins⚠️

⚠️News: 2 men just got 12 years in prison after hitting a 148 BTC IRL lick In 2018, a man was kidnapped and his family was extorted for 148 BTC for his release. After the funds hit, they killed the man and dipped. @docsbins⚠️

⚠️News: @Blackhat has been banned off telegram The OTC known for being used for Fraudulent Activities has finally been wiped off. The Gateway for Blackhat was also reportedly banned. Is this the last of @Blackhat after having all of their channels Terminated Try @listedr @Docsbins⚠️

⚠️News: NEAR Intents exploited, with $3.8M+ stolen Per ZachXBT, an unknown actor gained access to NEAR Intents’ hot wallets, likely through social engineering, and stole nearly $4M. NEAR Intents has acknowledged the theft and paused deposits to the affected hot wallet. @docsbins

⚠️News: ZachXBT Incurs $350,000 Loss Within Lazarus-Linked Laundering Network It has been reported that ZachXBT incurred a loss of $350,000 while operating undercover within a money laundering network associated with the $1.5 billion Bybit hack. @docsbins⚠️

⚠️News: Ledger users are being drained, with $86M+ stolen so far Hundreds of victims have lost all of their cryptocurrency holdings in an ongoing Ledger exploit, with total losses nearing $100M. @docsbins⚠️

⚠️News: Ledger reseller wallet theft investigation $93.2 million estimated On-chain investigator Bitquery estimates that 315 wallets lost about $93.2 million after purchasing Ledger devices through reseller CryptoBilis. Ledger confirmed finding an unauthorized hardware implant in one affected device, but the total losses and the full scope remain under investigation. @docsbins⚠️

⚠️News: Crypto Wallet "Qubic" exploited, with over $1M stolen from 1,400 victims The crypto wallet had a bug that generated weak seed phrases, allowing an attacker to access over 1,400 wallets and steal $1M. All wallets created before October 18 are currently being drained due to their weak seed phrases. @docsbins⚠️